Luchadoras (18+)
Germany, 2021, colour, 92 min.
Directors: Paola Calvo , Patrick Jasim
Directors: Paola Calvo , Patrick Jasim
The film is an intimate portrait of three courageous female wrestlers (Luchadoras) from Ciudad Juarez who, despite being surrounded by machismo, redefine the image of woman in Mexico. The short statued Mini Serinita who’s biggest dream is to become a full time Luchadora and leave the factory work that disenfranchises so many women for good. Lady Candy who can see the U.S. border, where her daughters were taken, from her house but due to visa regulations can never cross it. And Baby Star, the young single mother who was a Lucha Libre Star at an early age and now makes her way to a comeback. With Mexican passion they present a new image of what it means to be a woman in Mexico.
Russian premier
Paola Calvo
Paola Calvo
was born in 1981 in Venezuela. She finished 2005 her studies of Audiovisual Communication at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid with Master Degree. Her interest in the image as a powerful way of storytelling, brought her to study photography and film edition.
FILMOGRAPHY
Violently Happy, 2016; Luchadoras, 2021; Dinamita, 2023.
Patrick Jasim
Patrick Jasim
is a director, director of photography, producer. He worked for several years as a material and camera assistant, he frequently worked as a cinematographer with director Moritz Krämer. In 2019, he founded the production company Tumult together with Paola Calvo and Phillip Kaminiak in Berlin.
FILMOGRAPHY
Luchadoras, 2021.
Germany, 2021, colour, 92 min.
Directors: Paola Calvo , Patrick Jasim
Directors: Paola Calvo , Patrick Jasim
The film is an intimate portrait of three courageous female wrestlers (Luchadoras) from Ciudad Juarez who, despite being surrounded by machismo, redefine the image of woman in Mexico. The short statued Mini Serinita who’s biggest dream is to become a full time Luchadora and leave the factory work that disenfranchises so many women for good. Lady Candy who can see the U.S. border, where her daughters were taken, from her house but due to visa regulations can never cross it. And Baby Star, the young single mother who was a Lucha Libre Star at an early age and now makes her way to a comeback. With Mexican passion they present a new image of what it means to be a woman in Mexico.
Russian premier